<p>I am planning on taking 2 community college courses before my freshman year of college. I am a Direct Admit to Kelley. Which prerequisites would be best to get out of the way? The equivalent classes available to me are: ACCT 201, ACCT 202, BUS-L 201, ECON-E 201, ECON-E 202, and MATH-M 119. I may take a few more after my freshman year as well. If you have recommendations please let me know!</p>
<p>You probably have available to you where you live the opportunity to take Eng W131, which you also need prior to Icore. I think getting W131 and Econ E201 are good ones to get out of the way before starting at IU. W131 is a lot of work and tough grading and you can’t chose an easy grading professor. E201 is good to get out of the way as it allows you to take G202 as a freshman and it grades tough at IUB.</p>
<p>If you are a direct admit, you may also have qualified through your SAT/ACT scores to not have to take W131, and may even have scores high enough to qualify for two free credits for Eng W143. See this link for the details:
[Composition</a> at IU | Requirements](<a href=“Indiana University Bloomington”>Indiana University Bloomington)</p>
<p>Congrats on getting into Kelley!</p>
<p>Thank you for that link! I’m in AP Lit and Comp, and I think the dual credit should cover W131.</p>
<p>For the love of all that is holy, take both ECON courses at the community college.</p>
<p>IU is a great school, but our econ department is ridiculously hard. My own adviser told me not to take econ at IU if I could avoid it.</p>
<p>Still think something is wrong when so many students feel the need to take core classes at community colleges because they are so hard</p>
<p>Exactly why a ton of us switched to SPEA and got the same type of jobs as the Business school kids!</p>
<p>bigbooklover - They are not that hard. My daughter has taken ALL of her classes at IU, inc all Icore prereqs, and has gotten all A’s except for one B plus. The pre-reqs require work and if you do the work, you get the grade. I think students get in trouble because of all the partying freshman year. For example, she studied with a guy for K201 every day - they did all the homework together - up until the first exam. She studied the day of the exam for it; he was out partying the night before and tailgating the day of (the exam was a Saturday night). She got an A+; he got a 33% and dropped immediately. He ended up going to SPEA.</p>
<p>The difficulty isn’t the only reason many recommend CC classes. It’s also advantageous to rack up credits and move forward in coursework to allow more flexibility down the line. A freshman may not know that they want to do a spring and summer accounting internship junior year, but only if they get ahead in their coursework will they even have the option.</p>
<p>That is a great point Hkem. No one cares where you took your icore prerequisites. If you are a direct admit, it does not matter. If you are a regular admit, you are, of course, forced to take some at IUB. Keep your gpa as high as possible for the benefit of recruiters (and in order to do your 150 credits in four years if you are an accounting major). Build a gpa buffer for when you take the hard grading upper level Kelley classes that must be taken at IUB. Your gpa will definitely drop some jr and sr years. My son graduated Dec. 2012 and took 19 credits (including both intro econs, a100, finite, bus law, and E370) at cc or IUPUI in summers, which kept his gpa high enough to graduate with high distinction. He did 150 credits in eight IUB semesters and cc, etc., never taking more than four three-credit classes in a single semester at IUB thanks to summer classes and ten free credits for Spanish placements and two free credits for W143. Load up on the summer cc classes before coming to IUB and after your freshman year in order to have less stress later and more time at IUB for ECs. That leaves you two summers available for internships.</p>
<p>I am assuming that posters are paying for their children’s education. I have to pay for my own college expenses so talking summer school is an added expense that I cant afford. Scholarships only cover fall and spring and being OOS it is expensive to take courses over the summer. In addition many students have to work over the summer and cant fit summer school into their schedule. I hope your kids realize how lucky they are.</p>
<p>Thank you for your advice! Just for reference, I am a direct admit. Difficulty isn’t what’s driving me to do this, time is. Since I am hoping to double major, I would really like to build some space into my schedule to allow for any class availability issues. I am taking an econ class right now (unfortunately my school doesn’t have AP) and I am hoping to study on my own to take the AP test and take Micro at my local CC over the summer, in addition to Calc.</p>
<p>bbl,</p>
<p>Most state schools allow credit transfer from CCs. For pre-meds w/o AP credits or credit transfer from CCs, they will most likely not be able to apply for medical school admissions by the summer before senior year. It will be a gap year with extra expense. Thus, they may want to take some summer courses. For many Kelley students, it is certainly necessary to do the same now due to the curriculum change. </p>
<p>Do you have to pay for the entire COA yourself? If you have to get a loan for $7K or more a year, you should look elsewhere even we really like you to come to IU. Talk to your parents and ask your brother to help persuading them since you are doing a lot of legworks for him.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Both my brother’s were able to get enough merit aid (from their respective schools and outside sources) to cover almost 75% of COA. They rest they took loans out for or they had money saved up from working during high school and college. My older brother is a engineering major and his summer internships for the last two summers have paid for his education. My parents are unable/unwilling to pay for more than a CC in California. That is why I am waiting to see what additional scholarships I get from IU. My brother who attends IU was very lucky to get substantial merit aid and hopefully the same will happen for me. If not I have been accepted at other colleges where my COA is almost entirely covered. That is why I hope your kids really understand how lucky they are. Not only are you willing to pay for their education you have taken an active role in their college education. Just to clarify my brother at IU is my biggest supporter, he paid my college application fees and helped me with the entire application process.</p>
<p>bbl,</p>
<p>You are lucky in a different way. Your parents are reasonable if they are willing to pay for the CC cost. The support among your siblings is enviable. I am sure that you will do just fine no matter where you decide to go.</p>